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Name
Jean Kazandjian
Role
Artist
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Jean Kazandjian (born February 10, 1938) is a French artist from Armenian descent working in Paris and Los Angeles. He is considered one of the most innovative and central figures of the post-surrealist and fantastic era.
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Jean Kazandjian moved to France after winning the national art contest organized by the Sursock Museum in Beirut in 1962.
Once in Paris, he studied interior architecture and obtained his diploma from L'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs (ENSAD) in 1967. Jean Kazandjian worked as an architect until 1969 when he fully embraced his career as a painter.
In 1971 Kazandjian exhibited in the legendary Furstenberg Gallery in Paris along with fellow prominent surrealist figures such as Hans Bellmer, Giorgio de Chirico, Wifredo Lam and Salvador DalĂ.
Through the 1970s, Kazandjian was active in the Parisian art circles where he met with painters such as Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder and Giorgio de Chirico.
Over the next four decades, Kazandjian would grow to prominence exhibiting not only in Paris but internationally as well.
Public collections
Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon
Musee Athenee, Geneva, Switzerland
Musee du Surrealisme, Melun, France
National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Solo exhibitions
1970 Galerie Angolare. Milan.
1974 Galerie Furstenberg. Paris and Galerie Modulart. Beirut.
1977 Galerie Framond. Paris.
1978 Galerie Ago. Berlin.
1979 Galerie Parvis St Merri. Paris.
1980 Galerie Ago. Berlin.
1981 Galerie Campo. Antwerp, Belgium. and Galerie Furstenberg. Paris.
1982 Galerie UNIP. Lausanne, Switzerland. and Galerie L'Estampille. Brussels.